All Films

Japandroids: Live at Pianos

2009 • 50 min

High flying Vancouver duo Japandroids (Brian King and David Prowse) bring their surge of maximum rock and roll to Piano's in NYC. Japandroids rose to prominence in 2009 following the release of their debut album Post-Nothing and have since earned praise for their energetic live performances.

Placer

2009 • 30 min • Spain

Seven friends gather, like every year, in a mountain cottage in the mountains. This year is different, it will be their last year as twenty-somethings before turning thirty. Everyone seems to have matured but the discovery of a porn movie will make them discover how sexual fantasies can change everything.

The Kumite

2009 • 45 min • Ukraine

Maximus is twelve and captain of the National Ukrainian Karate Full-Contact Youth Team. They are the underdog favorites as they prepare and go into the ring against the much more ...

Vieläkö muistatte Limperin Hilman?

2009 • 12 min • Finland

Tero, 28, from Northern Finland is becoming a father, but has not yet told anybody. One Saturday night in December his friend Saku comes for a visit, bringing Tero two pairs of baby overalls. For some reason the whole village has heard the news. The boys decide to make a toast for fatherhood.

I'm sorry, I love you

2009 • 11 min

Dramatic and romantic comedy that tells the story of Toni, a boy that one day he was unfaithful to his heart.

The Narnia Code

2009 • 59 min

Millions of readers have been captivated by C. S. Lewis’s famed Chronicles of Narnia, but why? What is it about these seven books that makes them so appealing? For more than half a century, scholars have attempted to find the organizing key—the “secret code”—to the beloved series, but it has remained a mystery. Until now.

Multi-colourisation

2009 • 10 min • United Kingdom

A look at the colour restoration of episode three of Planet of the Daleks. With producer Barry Letts, Colour Recovery Working Group leader James Insell, 2entertain commissioning editor Dan Hall and colourist Jonathan Wood.

Finding Mark Strickson

2009 • 8 min • United Kingdom

Mark Strickson looks back over his acting career.

Thåström: Olympen 060317

2009 • 45 min • Sweden

Live at Olympen, Lund 060317

The Motown Invasion

2009 • 59 min

Documentary about the 1965 Motown Revue UK tour and the Ready Steady Go! TV special.

Words Worth: Sharon's Home Cooking vs. Mew's Cosplay vs. Nina's Established Fact - Three-Cornered Battle

2009 • 5 min • Japan

While the Tribes of Light and Shadow have peacefully reunited and are living together on the surface, life in Astral's household has not gotten any easier as Sharon, Nina and Mew still fiercely vie for his attention - only to have Delta beat them to it!

The Scandalous Adventures of Lord Byron

2009 • 48 min • United Kingdom

“The first rockstar”, “Crazy, evil and dangerous”. This is how Rupert Everett introduces us to the British romantic poet Lord Byron. Between 1809 and 1810, his daring and eccentric personality led him on a journey from Portugal to Istanbul, through high society gatherings, Turkish baths and brothels. He leaps from one adventure to another, passing from one lover to another, causing scandal with his wild behavior. Ironic and entertaining narrator Rupert Everett accurately recounts Byron’s feats in this episodic, on-the-road period piece produced by Channel 4.

Still Raining, Still Dreaming

2009 • 12 min • United States of America

Part of Solomon’s acclaimed Grand Theft Auto series, titled “In Memoriam”, a body of work shot entirely within the virtual world of the Grand Theft Auto video game.

Kenit Hkeyi

2009 • 51 min

The story of Fayrouz and Assi told by Fayrouz and Assi, a documentary by Reema Rahbany.

Modern Collective

2009 • 60 min

Modern Collective is a group of young individuals including Dane Reynolds, Jordy Smith, Yadin Nicol, Dion Agius and Mitch Coleborn. The collective seeks to set in motion the expectations of surfing with a voyage to five high performance locations around the galaxy. The first trip took the collective to France, discovering giant ramps to experiment new moves on.

Per amore dolce amore

2009 • 7 min • Italy

A video by Tonino De Bernardi

Mr. Smith Goes to Tokyo

2009 • 60 min • Japan

When Tomoko finds some messages for a 'Mr Smith' on a lost mobile phone, she finds herself on an 'Alice in Wonderland' journey through Tokyo's boulevards and back alleys. From the tyranny of symmetry in soaring office blocks - to buildings that look like space-ships, this creative documentary shows us the city's soul.

Thomas & Friends: High Speed Adventures

2009 • 46 min

Join Thomas and Friends™ as they speed through the Island of Sodor in these six spectacular stories of fun and adventure. Capture the spirit of "steamwork" as Thomas learns to share his workload, rescues the water works, and takes on the challenge of a high-speed race! So hop on board and strap on your conductor's hat for this thrilling collection High Speed Adventures!

TransTrans (TransformersTransformed)

2009 • 12 min

A radical remix of the recent Transformers film, via synthetic collapse and critical revenge on its old & new fascist tropes > celebrating SPEED. NOISE. + DANGER. The fervent declarations & violent poetry of the Futurists are superimposed on the mythic morphology of the Autobot blockbuster’s machine mayhem. Images of death & destruction reign in a delirium of transformations as, to quote Marinetti: “We Decompose the Universe!”

Kiss

2009 • 10 min • United Kingdom

'Kiss' (2009), which concentrates on one of the gestures most intrinsic to cinematic language: the kiss. The work is filmed as an uncut ten-minute observation of a seemingly endless kiss on the top deck of a London double-decker bus. Disengaged from their immediate environment, a young couple begins an intimate game of desire. Over the course of the film their exchange of embraces gathers intensity, growing increasingly passionate and demanding. The camera follows waves of desire, at times verging on pain and aggression then again full of joy and lightness.

China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province

2009 • 38 min • United States of America

On May 12, 2008, a catastrophic earthquake hit Sichuan Province in rural China, killing nearly 70,000 people, including 10,000 children. In town after town, poorly constructed school buildings crumbled, wiping out classrooms filled with students, most of them their parents' only child. But when grieving mothers and fathers sought explanations and justice, they found their path blocked by incompetence, corruption and empty promises.

The 90s Sucked the First Time Around

2009 • 52 min

"The 90s Sucked The first Time Around" ft. UNBROKEN and SWING KIDS. Filmed May 2009 in Southern California. A Leg Lifters production.

Shutdown: The Rise and Fall of Direct Action to Stop the War

2009 • 45 min

In the winter of 2002-'03, as the US was building its case to attack Iraq, people around the world responded with a series fo the largest peace protests in history. Shutdown: The Rise and Fall of Direct Action to Stop the War, is an action-packed documentary chronicling how DASW successfully organized to shut down a major US city and how they failed to effectively maintain the organization to fight the war machine and end the occupation of Iraq. Created by organizers involved with DASW, Shutdown combines detailed information on organizing for a mass action, critical interviews on organizing pitfalls, and the wisdom of hindsight. It is a must-see film for those engaged in the continuous struggle toward social justice.

Captive for 18 Years: The Jaycee Lee Story

2009 • 49 min • United Kingdom

The story of Jaycee Lee Dugard, a girl who was kidnapped outside a school bus stop and found alive eighteen years later.